of Haihun by the emperor himself. It was reported on 24 September 2015 that a number of cash coins had been found in tombs located in tombs during excavation work undertaken by the Jinan City Archaeological Research Institute nearby the Zhaojiazhuang Cemetery, Shandong. The tombs yielded cash coins produced during the Song, Tang, and Manchu Qing dynasties with the latest examples being Xianfeng era cash coins. A tomb identified as "Grave M1" also contained silver ingots (sycees) issued under the Jurchen Jin dynasty. In March 2017 a large number of cultural relics were discovered at the Minjiang River in Meishan, Sichuan. The findings at the river included over 10,000 individual items of gold and silver including a number of golden and silver sycees. Furthermore a Xiwang Shanggong (西王賞功) cash coin issued by Zhang Xianzhong was unearthed at the Jiangkou stretch of the Minjiang River. See also Gold bar Silver standard Economic history of China Further reading Cribb, Joe. A Catalogue of Sycee in the British Museum: Chinese Silver Currency Ingots c. 1750–1933. British Museum Press, London, 1992. Notes References External links Examples of Chinese silver sycee (images) Sycee On Line Chinese Sycee History at Sycee-on-line.com Currencies of China Numismatics Coins of China Gold objects Silver coins Chinese numismatics